Gough House in 1830s by Elizabeth Gulston - 19th Century

Gough House was built in 1707 for the 3rd Earl of Carberry, Governor of Jamaica. The Gough family took up residence in 1713. It occupied all the land from Royal Hospital Road to the river. Today this is the east side of Tite Street.

Like so many large mansions in west London, it was converted into a school. In 1790 the widow of the then owner, Mrs Pemberton, opened a girl's school. Later Dr Watson ran a boy's school here. The Metropolitan Board of Works then acquired the house and grounds for the Embankment scheme. As we have seen the house survived as part of the children's hospital. Studio houses were built over the grounds near the river.

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